tranche
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from French tranche, form of trancher (“to cut, to slice”), from Old French trenchier (“cut, make a cut”), possibly from Vulgar Latin *trinicāre (“cut in three parts”). Cognate to English trench.
Pronunciation[edit]
- (US) IPA(key): /tɹɑ̃ʃ/, /tɹɑ̃nʃ/, /tɹɑ̃ntʃ/, /tɹæntʃ/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /tɹɑ̃ʃ/, /tɹɑːnʃ/
IPA(key): /tɹɑːnʃ/Audio (Southern England) (file) - Rhymes: -ɑ̃ʃ, -ɑ̃nʃ, -ɑ̃ntʃ, -æntʃ, -ɑːnʃ
Noun[edit]
tranche (plural tranches)
- A slice, section or portion.
- 1893, P. Fitzgerald, Stonyhurst Memories, in The Month: An Illustrated Magazine of Literature, Science and Art, pages 336-337:
- Servants, carrying huge baskets suspended before them in which were huge tranches of bread, speedily distributed the contents; and they were followed by others bearing huge cans of milk, hot and cold.
- 1893, P. Fitzgerald, Stonyhurst Memories, in The Month: An Illustrated Magazine of Literature, Science and Art, pages 336-337:
- (insurance) A distinct subdivision of a single policyholder's benefits, typically relating to separate premium increments.
- (pensions) A pension scheme's or scheme member's benefits relating to distinct accrual periods with different rules.
- (finance) One of a set of classes or risk maturities that compose a multiple-class security, such as a CMO or REMIC; a class of bonds. Collateralized mortgage obligations are structured with several tranches of bonds that have various maturities.
Verb[edit]
tranche (third-person singular simple present tranches, present participle tranching, simple past and past participle tranched)
- (finance, transitive) To divide into tranches.
Related terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
slice — see slice
finance
Further reading[edit]
- “tranche” in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
- Investor Words
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French[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
tranche f (plural tranches)
Derived terms[edit]
Verb[edit]
tranche
- first-person singular present indicative of trancher
- third-person singular present indicative of trancher
- first-person singular present subjunctive of trancher
- third-person singular present subjunctive of trancher
- second-person singular imperative of trancher
Further reading[edit]
- “tranche”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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Etymology[edit]
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Noun[edit]
tranche f (plural tranches)
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